Scripture: Mark 10:2-16
2 And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" 3 He answered them, "What did Moses command you?" 4 They said, "Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce, and to put her away." 5 But Jesus said to them, "For your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. 6 But from the beginning of creation, `God made them male and female.' 7 `For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, 8 and the two shall become one flesh.' So they are no longer two but one flesh. 9 What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder." 10 And in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter. 11 And he said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another, commits adultery against her; 12 and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery."What did Moses command you? -this question reminds us of two important things in marriage. First that marriage is based on the consent or will of the persons as represented by the pronoun YOU and second, that marriage is based on law which supposedly protect the choice which one made in favor of marriage which here is represented by the word MOSES as he is considered the lawgiver. But even with these two, marriage cannot sustain without its third important element i.e., marriage is something spiritual, a vocation from God. This is why Jesus said that what God has joined together let no man put asunder because He knows that one's will or consent may change from time to time and even law could be amended to suit in the whims of those who live in lust. But with the spiritual nature of marriage, we are all bound to protect it and make it work for the glory of God. Amen.
